Q: It is mid-April here in Michigan. When should I fertilize the asparagus and rhubarb? Is it too early to transplant rhubarb? When is the ideal time to transplant rhubarb? Should I mulch the ...

Rhubarb, legally a fruit but botanically a vegetable, thrives in sunny locations with fertile, well-drained soil. Planting rhubarb crowns is recommended over seeds, and fertilizing established plants ...

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable that is primarily used as a fruit in cooking. It grows best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Rhubarb should not be harvested the first year it is planted to ...

FARGO — A young homeowner was lamenting to the experienced gardener next door that her rhubarb wasn’t producing large, tasty stalks. “Have you tried manure on your rhubarb?” asked the old gardener.

Fresh rhubarb pie is one of the first treats out of the garden in the spring. When mixed with early spring strawberries, nothing can be better. Rhubarb is possibly mentioned in 1,800-year-old Chinese ...

The cool weather this spring has been good for rhubarb plants. After emerging in early May, the thick, tangy stalks are ready for harvesting to be turned into pie, sauce, jam and rhubarb bread. Early ...

As I am writing this column the weather is certainly not gardening weather, with ice continuing to build up on the white pine trees outside the windows. So I thought maybe I could brighten your day by ...

One of the first edibles to make a spring appearance in my garden is rhubarb. Growing up, its arrival timed well with my father’s birthday and provided his favorite dessert of a rhubarb pie topped ...

One of the first things to sprout in the garden each spring is rhubarb. Nothing is more reliable than this plant. The people who live in southern states probably haven’t even heard of rhubarb because ...